Tennessee Motorcycle Operator Manual
Tennessee Motorcycle Manual 2026
Download the official Tennessee DOS motorcycle manual PDF, or read all 96 pages online.
- Edition
- Current
- Pages
- 96
- PDF size
- 1.7 MB
- Published by
- Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security
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How to use the Tennessee Motorcycle Manual
The DOS draws its 30-question knowledge test from the Tennessee Motorcycle Manual, and you need 80% to pass, which is 24 correct answers. Read the 96 pages once for coverage, then answer practice questions to find the rules that did not stick. Practice tells you what you do not know yet; the Motorcycle Manual is where the rule is actually stated, in the words the state chose.
It is also the only source that settles an argument. When a practice answer and your instinct disagree, the Tennessee Motorcycle Manual decides it, and every explanation we write points back into it.
What is inside the Tennessee Motorcycle Manual
The Tennessee Motorcycle Manual runs to 96 pages. These are the areas it covers that the knowledge test can ask about.
- Choosing and fitting a helmet and protective gear
- Motorcycle controls and the pre-ride inspection
- Basic skills: starting, stopping, turning and shifting
- Lane position, visibility and being seen in traffic
- Following distance, escape routes and scanning for hazards
- Cornering, braking and swerving
- Riding over surface hazards and in bad weather
- Carrying passengers and cargo
- Group riding
- Alcohol, drugs and impairment on a motorcycle
- Licensing, endorsement steps and the skills test
The Tennessee knowledge test at a glance
Everything below comes from the DOS directly. It is what the Tennessee Motorcycle Manual is preparing you for.
- Questions
- 30
- Passing score
- 80%
- Correct answers needed
- 24 of 30
- Time limit
- Time limit not published
- Test fee
- $10.5
- Minimum age
- 15
- Can you take it online?
- Yes, with conditions
Verified against the DOS in 2026-07.
Source and edition
This is the Current edition of the Tennessee Motorcycle Manual, published by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security. We mirror it so it loads fast and stays reachable when the agency moves the file. We last checked it against the agency on 2026-07-30. The authoritative copy is always the agency's own: view it on the DOS website.